Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]> writes: > On 01/11/2015 01:15 PM, Måns Rullgård wrote: >> Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> On 01/10/2015 12:08 PM, Måns Rullgård wrote: >>>> Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]> writes: >>>> >>>>> Use the recently introduced do_kernel_restart() function as the default >>>>> restart >>>>> handler if the platform did not explicitly provide a restart handler. This >>>>> allows use restart handler that have been registered by device drivers to >>>>> restart the machine. >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]> >>>>> --- >>>>> arch/mips/kernel/reset.c | 2 +- >>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c b/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c >>>>> index 07fc524..36cd80c 100644 >>>>> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c >>>>> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c >>>>> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ >>>>> * So handle all using function pointers to machine specific >>>>> * functions. >>>>> */ >>>>> -void (*_machine_restart)(char *command); >>>>> +void (*_machine_restart)(char *command) = do_kernel_restart; >>>>> void (*_machine_halt)(void); >>>>> void (*pm_power_off)(void); >>>> >>>> There is already a similar patch posted by Kevin Cernekee: >>>> http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2014-12/msg00410.html >>>> >>> Personally I prefer the earlier patch, though I guess that is personal >>> preference. >> >> They both achieve the same thing, though Kevin's is more in line with >> what ARM does. Missing from both is a fallback while(1) loop in case no >> restart handlers are registered. With the restart moved to the watchdog >> driver, there's a possibility that this might happen. >> > > In my opinion if such a fallback is needed it should be put into the > kernel core reboot implementation and not into individual restart > handler implementations. > > My first version of this patch was do_kernel_restart() followed by a > machine_halt() (so it goes to sleep instead of busy looping) as a > fallback. But I couldn't find a good reason why that should be done at > the individual restart handler level, so I dropped it.
ARM does it its arch machine_restart() function. MIPS should probably follow suit. -- Måns Rullgård [email protected] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
